Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-11-05

Of 0niv two veil t. 10 men who cspou e his
causa-Nicodemus and joseph Of Arimati!Ca.
Ills friends for the most part were people
who, II that climato where ophthtliny or IN
fammation Of the eyeball sweeps over and
anon as a scOurco. hal become bind, sick
penDie who were anxlans to get We'll, and
trou1.cl people il "Eos3 family thor" was
some one deal or lyinr. If he had n purse
a, al it was empty. II We would have heard
what was done with the contents at the post
norton. Poor The pigeon IN the dove cote,
the rabbit in its burrO", tie silk worm III It's
cocoon, the Eca in It's hive, Is better provided
for, better Off, better sheltered Aye, the
brute creation has 4 ho.ne on earth, which
Christ has not.
II on windy days the raven
Gambot like a dancing skif, !
Not the ,e+s he loves his haven
Du }hr b -om 0f tho ch".
a,m11. win eagle plnlor
Dfcr the Alps the chamois -oam,
W lie has zone small dominion
Which 10 doubt he calls hl5 home.
Eut the Crown Priffce Of all heavenly do
| miuIor bal less than the raven, less than the
! chamoI>. Tor lie WIS Homeless. Aye, i'll the
history Of the universe there is no other in.
stance Of such coming down. Who can count
the mics from the top of the throne TO the
bottom Of the croSS. Cleopatra, giving a
bamtuet to Antony,\ took a pearl worth
$r0J.UUD and dissolved it i'll vinegar and
swallowed it. But when our Prince, accord
luL to the evangelist. III his last hours took
the vinegar. in it had been dissolved all the
pearls OF his heavcnly royalty. Down until
there was no other depth for him to touch,
troubIci until there was no other haras'-
mcnt to suffer, poor until there was no other
paupc'j:in to torture. Billions Of dollars
scent in wars 10 destroy men, who will fur
nish the statistics Of the value of that pre-
ciou5 blood that was she'd to save usf "Ie
know the grace OF or Lord Jesus Christ,
that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes
he became poor"
Only those who study this text in two
places can fully reach its power-the Holy
Land of Asia Minor and the holy land of
heaven. How | Should like some day to take
a drink out OF Jacobs well, and take a sail
ON Galilcc, and read tie sermon on the Mount
while standing on Oiivct, and see the Wildor-
ness where Christ was tempted, and be some
afternoon on Calvary at about ) O'clock, the
hour at which closed the crucItixion, and
sit under the sycamorcs and by the side of
the brooks, an | think AID dream and pray
about the poverty of Him who came our
soul TO save. Iut you AMI l viii probably
he dcIilcl that, and 81 here, III another CONT
nent an III another hemisphere, and in scenes
q, different as insS bic, we recount as well
~ we ma how poor orr heavenly Prince be-
came. And in the other holy land above we
may al stuly the riches that He left ehind
whom lie started for His earthly expedition.
Come, let Us fatGain TO meet each other Mt
tie door of the / atacre mansion, or on the
bank cf the river just where it rolls from
I"'' :" h'"i' ~ - - I"r'"!o go
'irSjiN - the contrast 10y exchanging that
world Tor this, v. vii get it 10y exchanging
,iiI WI = I ~ Til, ihEie una lnrl you VIII
, "t"',iN'i'i Nor II ti' "ohiGrS OF ,he grace
"I "'L i""!u jesus 'hri>e Who' 'th9nGn he
w i'n' A'' ''.s OF, S!ht9 ocIa1lH poor.
omnIrot"ut Gra#e. Among the thousands of
Mo.'~9' ~, ~ii''7"l@" tflcr' IS no more queen
. y "'!. ! T. ~ ans reg am n;lha@fi,eu KING
ness Ny 'e\f mas no monopoly OF the word.
M" "'l 'f'''''' twenty ili'I' 'ifn'H a"'S tie
hlH'' 'at'-i]' race. II IS z door H"nnt vie
oiti /" let INTO tie lstftl .. col al til
Hl'','''N VINO 'i' - toth'er II.
-'o"" Ne"'"l sang o. II "h.R Ia wrote:
, Amaz'h9 grsc., how sweet the sound
h lh't Sa''d wretch Ike ME.